Here is some basic stats on both the welders to help you understand where I’m coming from here. See the end of the article for a full stat breakdown of both machines. Differences: Price: The MIG180 costs double, but has double the capability. Input Voltage: The MIG180 can run on […]
Tag: metal fab
How to Make a Pattern of Complex Shapes
When restoring or customizing a vehicle it can be difficult to make a patter of a complex or compound shape on the car with simple hand tools. Most vehicles have compound curves that have shape in all directions and can dip and dive and change shape drastically over a short […]
Why You Need A Press Brake
Metal fabrication is broken up into only a few different basic processes: Cutting, Bending. and joining metal. A majority of our tools will revolve around these types of metal fabrication but there are many different ways to achieve these basic actions. Bending metal for instance is a simple idea and […]
How to Make Louvers With a Bead Roller
Owning a bead roller can open up the capabilities of an amateur or professional garage. The more dies you add you your bead roller the more you can do. One question we often get is if a bead roller can successfully make louvers or louvres (depending on the part of the world you’re from). We decided to offer a louver die set that fits most common economy bead rollers and show you how to produce quality louvers. Read below for the step by step tutorial.
How to make Flexible Brake Line Mounts using the Eastwood Vise Press Brake
When building a custom classic car you may want to upgrade or customize your brake system and this may require starting from scratch with how you mount and run your brake lines. There are a lot of options for off the shelf kits and parts but I’ve found that they still need modification or you need to make all new parts anyways. One such simple part are tabs for where your hard brake line meets your soft or flexible brake line. I build a lot of older Fords that never came with hydraulic brakes from the factory. This means I need to design and figure out the entire braking system when upgrading to hydraulic brakes. Something as simple as brake line tabs need to be considered. I decided to show my simple solution for brake line tabs front flexible lines on a hot rod or street rod.
4 Great Metal Fab Tools Under 55 bucks!!!
Every great automotive restoration or even patch panel work will inevitably require some basic metal fab tools. Today I have complied a list of 5 basic tools to help get the process started which all cost under 55 bucks. I’ll start off with the Electric Sheet Metal Shears as no […]
Amazing 110v plasma cutter!!
Getting into plasma cutting never got easier. The Eastwood Versa cut 20 cuts like a hot knife through butter without any confusing settings or dials. Best of all you don’t need a huge compressor or 220v power. This unit simply plugs into any 110 volt outlet with a 20 amp […]
Versa Cut 60, the powerhouse plasma cutter!!
If you’re like me and generally want to purchase the biggest and best of everything look no further than the Eastwood Versa Cut 60 when in the market for a plasma cutter. You’ll be able to power through metals as thick as 7/8 of an inch with this unit. […]
5 Great Power tools which run on 110 volt!!
Let’s face it, we don’t all have compressors in our garage to power tools which would be considered staples in the auto restoration world. Since we strive to have tools available for each facet of the process for every customer, we make 110-120v versions which stand strong beside their air […]